I was born in Poonch (Kashmir) and now I live in Norway. I oppose war and violence and am a firm believer in the peaceful co-existence of all nations and peoples. In my academic work I have tried to espouse the cause of the weak and the oppressed in a world dominated by power politics, misleading propaganda and violations of basic human rights. I also believe that all conscious members of society have a moral duty to stand for and further the cause of peace and human rights throughout the world.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Pat Buchanan: How is America threatened by Iran?

Infantile Conservatism

Regularly now, The Washington Post, as always concerned with fairness
and balance, runs a blog called “Right Turn: Jennifer Rubin’s Take From
a Conservative Perspective.”
The blog tells us what the Post regards as conservatism.

How is America, with thousands of strategic and tactical nuclear
weapons, scores of warships in the Med, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea and
Indian Ocean, bombers and nuclear subs and land-based missiles able to
strike and incinerate Iran within half an hour, threatened by Iran?

Iran has no missile that can reach us, no air force or navy that
would survive the first days of war, no nuclear weapons, no bomb-grade
uranium from which to build one. All of her nuclear facilities are under
constant United Nations surveillance and inspection.
And if this Iran is the “greatest national security threat” faced by
the world’s last superpower, why do Iran’s nearest neighbors — Turkey,
Iraq, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan — seem so unafraid of her?

Citing The Associated Press and Times of Israel, Rubin warns us that “Iran has picked 16 new locations for nuclear plants.”